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House Speaker John Boehner Punts On Sandy Relief Legislation
The bill passed the Senate with bipartisan support in December and was slated to get to the floor during the 112th Congress
Wave after wave of outrage rolled through the House of Representatives, first Tuesday night then Wednesday morning, like the waves crashing against the ruined beaches of Long Island Sound.
The House GOP leadership’s decision not to bring the Senate-passed Sandy supplemental relief aid bill to the floor Tuesday night stunned and angered Northeast legislators on both sides of the aisle. One after the other, they stepped up to podium to fulminate against Speaker John Boehner’s decision.
Some of the loudest protests came from Republicans.
Peter King, the powerful 10-term Congressman from New York, said the conduct of his party’s leadership was “disgraceful, immoral.”
“I was chasing the Speaker all over the House floor (Tuesday night) … He just decided to sneak off in the dead of night,” he raged Wednesday morning.
“”These Republicans have no problem finding New York when they’re out raising millions of dollars. They’re in New York filling their pockets with money from New Yorkers. I’m saying anyone from New York or New Jersey who contributes one penny to Congressional Republicans is out of their mind. Because what they did last night was put a knife in the back of New Yorkers and New Jerseyans. It is an absolute disgrace.”
Inexplicably, the House had time to listen to speaker after speaker decrying the decision not to bring the bill to the floor, but no time to take up the bill.
Boehner would only say through an aide, “The speaker is committed to getting this bill passed this month.”
Government sources said starting over on the bill in the 113th Congress Thursday could delay aid to the region for weeks.
A sample of comments on the floor Wednesday:
Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn.: “A shocking display of neglect.”
Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y.: “An act of spiteful indifference that will go down in history as a low point. Shame on this House,”
Frank LaBiondo, R-New Jersey: This is a disaster on top of a disaster. … we demand nothing less than we have given the rest of the country.”
Gregory Meeks-D-N.Y.: “Walk with me, Mr. Speaker. See the American people who are suffering. We make jokes about the Senate. Well, the Senate stood up and passed the bill.”
Bill Pascrell, D-N.J.: “We need to take the gloves off, Jersey-style.”
The protests on the floor of the House continued unabated through the morning Wednesday.
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The sooner you learn that NONE of the 535 + 1 gives a shit about the "people", the better off you'll be....
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Hmmm you know what this situation calls for...
A Governor Christie praise Obama speech.
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CaptainShuddup says
Has nothing to do with Christie or "O", perhaps the house leader will lose his Job in a day
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House Speaker John Boehner breezed in and his first words to Reid were "Go f*** yourself."
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121212 says
Doesn't it... Doesn't it?
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http://lacey.patch.com/articles/christie-and-obama-express-disappointment-over-delay-in-sandy-aid
Gov. Christie and President Obama Express Disappointment Over Delay in Sandy Aid
Ahh buddies. Is that what you are looking for.
You don't think this is wrong?
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The only thing wrong with this picture, is how is Christie defying the laws of physics, by having a nylon strap support his mammoth girth.
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Senators Got 154-Page 'Fiscal Cliff' Bill 3 Minutes Before Voting on It.
Are you not fucking entertained!?!
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/senators-got-154-page-fiscal-cliff-bill-3-minutes-voting-it
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CaptainShuddup says
Who said "We have to pass it so we know what's in it" ?
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CaptainShuddup says
Oh boo hoo!!! Poor fucking babies. How many months (years) did they block ALL ATTEMPTS TO TRY AND PASS ALL LEGISLATION INCLUDING THEIR OWN?????
Why don't you climb out of the playpen and join the real world for once?
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iwog says
What the hell are you upset about, I thought you wanted to be taxed more? I swear Obama is damned if he do, and damned if he do wop a be bop a lop bam boom.
"OK nobody read zee meazure, come on, zis iz really getting embarazzing, zee whole wurld is laughing at zus. Milton iz going to hand out copiez of zee bill, zen we argh going to Vote on it, everyone agree?"
"I mean, pay no attention the paper being circulated around zee dddrume by Milton. Everyone zay Iye!".
"Iye!!!"
"Zats zeet, propazition La Federal Cleef pazzed, We are now France. "
But not the cool Art Nouveau France with smug art experts and condescending wine sniffers, but the bow down, we surrender France.
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To all the disgusting right-wing, conservative
Tea-Party Republicans who want to
“drown government in a bathtub”,
who refuse to govern responsibly,
and who don’t give a damn about the
ordinary people of this great country:
Hey guys, go take a bath yourself- cause you STINK!
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It's amazing that the bill was "delayed;" the northeast has the biggest population and is the financial center of the US. The devastation was wide-spread and there are people who are still out of their homes.
It's Boehner's Katrina.
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CaptainShuddup says
You're off the reservation again. All I'm doing is pointing out what a foolish complaint that is. They didn't get to read the bill on December 31st? Wow maybe they should have ignored all the morons who said slash and burn and actually worked something out.....oh I don't know, years ago?
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The Republicans are trying to destroy the party. When they succeed they'll probably apply for gubbermint assistance.
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elliemae says
I heard earlier that since the repubs were fighting for spending cuts in the "cliff", Boehner didn't want to bring up the additional spending of $60B at the same time.... would of sounded "hypocritical".....
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elliemae says
Christie said in his press conference today that in a bunch of the past hurricanes, the affected areas had received financial help within like 10 to 17 days after the event from the Feds...
He said that it has been 66 days so far and Congress is still dicking around and hasn't passed the resolution. It just isn't fair to the affected people and businesses....
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elliemae says
It is a dem area-blue states mostly. If this were texas, Alabama and Missisipi-you think the repubs would delay the funding??
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Real conservatives would recommend a Free market solution: Sandy victims contract as human targets in helicopter hunting tours for billionaires. Oligarchs get to shoot at people amidst the horror and desolation post-Sandy NY/NJ and Sandy survivors get a per diem that may be as high as three figures depending on the deal they Freely negotiate. Win-win.
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